Garmin
Check out my cycling activity on Garmin Connect. #beatyesterday
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/7149165504
Relive
Check out PAC Tour Day 9 Butte to Bozeman on Relive!
https://www.relive.cc/view/v26Mx4XyN3O
Day started out cool and with a bit of apprehension as I wasn’t feeling quite right for the first half hour. I seemingly couldn’t catch my breath and my legs seemed tired. But with a slight downhill, followed by a slight rise onto a cool forested road I felt better and proceeded to hammer the upcoming 2 mile 1,000 foot climb. All good as we crested and proceeded to enjoy the 8 mile 1,600 foot descent. Along the way we crossed the Continental Divide. The descent was fairly straight forward with few turns which allowed speeds of +40mph....meanwhile rocketman hit 79.2mph in his machine!
The rest of the route until about lunch was up and down in big open ranch and farm country. Lots of wide open vistas for sure....but no time to really enjoy them as our eyes are focused on the 30 feet ahead for any road hazards. Still it was amazing country, especially as we followed alongside the Madison River where hundreds were tubing/rafting the river on a hot high 90’s day. I’ve been by this river already 3 times on various PacTour rides and have wanted to stop and jump into the river. But no...no time. Got to come back here and do a float.
Lunch in a dusty parking lot beside the river and solo’d the 25 miles into Bozeman, stopping at Wendy’s for a frosty as I was an hour early for a 3pm checkin at the Days Inn. After a not so great start, I finished the 100 mile ride in under 6 hours of riding time....so that’s a good confidence builder for the days ahead. Just hoping the weather gets cooler and the winds are behind us. Is that too much to ask? We’ll see.
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